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Synonyms of releasing
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Verb
1. let go of, let go, release, relinquish
usage:
release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
2. free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
usage:
grant freedom to; free from confinement
3. turn, release, transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
usage:
let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
4. publish, bring out, put out, issue, release, publicize, publicise, air, bare
usage:
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
5. exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
usage:
eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
6. secrete, release, exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
usage:
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
7. free, release, issue, supply
usage:
make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
8. release, relinquish, resign, free, give up, pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
usage:
part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
9. release, free, liberate, generate, bring forth
usage:
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
10. unblock, unfreeze, free, release, issue, supply
usage:
make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
Adjective
1. cathartic, releasing, emotional (vs. unemotional)
usage:
emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
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